Meeting was participated by the World Bank Mission Members, Senior Staff of the CRIP-PMU and the DPDs’ of the CRIP-ID and CRIP-DBIP. At the meeting, Eng. D.C.S. Elakanda, Project Director did a presentation on the current status of the CRIP and the CRes MPA. Mr. Pusch commended the work progress of the project and the […]
The Department of Meteorology (DoM), being the mandatory agency for the provision of weather and climate service of the country has already taken some steps to improve the forecasting skills; process of installation of two radar systems, development of forecasting s kills utilizing the global forecast are some of them. In order to meet […]
Under the Social Safeguard and Resettlement programme of the Climate Resilience Improvement Project (CRIP) an awareness programme was conducted in Kolonnawa Divisional Secretary office on 18 March 2019. The meeting chaired by Ms.Nishadi Lakmini Wasala (Asst. Divisional Secretary). GN officers, Development officers and Samurdi Officers participated to this session. Eng. D.C.S. Elakanda – Project Director […]
Prior to the approval of the CRIP II, High Level team of the World Bank, comprising Mr. Hartwig Schafer, Vice President- South Asia Region, Ms. Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough, Country Director- Sri Lanka and Maldives along with the Project Director-CRIP and the Project Team inspected the critical areas of both the banks of the Kelani River by […]
KELANI RIVER IS IT A BOON OR BANE TO COLOMBO DISTRICT Daily Mirror Saturday, August 11, 2018 THE KELANI RIVER IS 145- KILOMETER LONG (90MILES) RIVER IN SRI LANKA. RANKING AS THE FOURTH LONGEST RIVER IN THE COUNTRY, IT STRETCHES FROM THE SRI PADA MOUNTAIN RANGE TOP COLOMBO. IT FLOWS THROUGH OR BORDERING THE DISTRICTS OF […]
2018 අගෝ 19 වන ඉරිදා ලංකාදීප තක්සලාව, කැලණි ගංවතුර පාලනයට විසඳුමක් කැලණි ගඟ බෙහෙවින් ඛාදනයට ලක්ව ඉවුරු පළල් වී ගඟ වෙනත් මගක හැරී යාමට ඉඩකඩ සහිත ස්ථානයක් අගනගරය ඇතුළු ප්රධාන නගර ඔස්සේ ගමන් කරනා ප්රධාන ගංගාවක් යනු බොහෝ රටවල සංචාරක ආකර්ෂණය දිනාගත්, ආර්ථිකයට දැවැන්ත දායකත්වයක් සපයන සම්පතකි. චීනය ඇතුළු ඇතැම් රටවල ප්රධාන නගරවල පවතින අවම ඉඩකඩින් […]
Project Management Unit conducted an orientation and progress review workshop in Avani Kalutara Resort hotel at Kalutara on 2nd August 2018 for 72 participants attended representing Kalutara, Galle, Rathnapura and Hambantota districts secretariats including divisional secretariats in four district and RDA and PRDA as key event in the process of implementation of Contingent Emergency Response […]
Derana TV, ANAGATHAYATA IDAK Program, Interview with Eng. Sudharma Elakanda, Project Director Climate Resilience Improvement Project, Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources & Disaster Management on 27.06.2018.
Hakwatunaoya Irrigation system which provide irrigation facilities for 2580Ha, with 2833 Beneficiary families were not fully rehabilitated for last 50 to 60 years. CRIP invested Rs 557m under the ID component and undertook this challenging task under the supervision of DI, Kurunegala and DIE, Hiriyala. Work has been done extremely satisfactorily, Mr. Christoph Pusch, Practice […]
Mr. Christoph Pusch, Practice Manager, South Asia Disaster Risk Management & Climate Change Unit of the World Bank visited CRIP and had a meeting with the DPD’s of CRIP along with the Senior Staff Officers of the CRIP-PMU on 14 June 2018 at 2.00 pm with regard to the progress of each of the component. […]
